Linguipedia: New page: In Carol Myers-Scotton's work, a '''core borrowing''' is a loanword that was adopted despite the fact that a word for the concept already exists in the recipient language. *"...

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New page: In Carol Myers-Scotton's work, a '''core borrowing''' is a loanword that was adopted despite the fact that a word for the concept already exists in the recipient language. *"...

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In [[Carol Myers-Scotton]]'s work, a '''core borrowing''' is a [[loanword]] that was adopted despite the fact that a word for the concept already exists in the [[recipient language]].

*"Core borrowings are words that duplicate elements that the recipient language already has in its word store...Then why are they borrowed? One answer is cultural pressure..." (Myers-Scotton 2006:215)

===Reference===
*[[Carol Myers-Scotton]]. 2006. ''Multiple voices: an introduction to bilingualism.'' Malden, MA: Blackwell.

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Linguipedia: New page: In Carol Myers-Scotton's work, a '''core borrowing''' is a loanword that was adopted despite the fact that a word for the concept already exists in the recipient language. *"...